Having students determine key words in their research questions and synonyms for those key words provides some of those tools. Additionally, students need to think of some key phrases that will also help them locate information. This lesson is designed to help students develop this research tool.
The name glucose is from the Greek word for 'sweet' , which is 'glukus.' Glucose is a monosaccharide, which is another term for a simple sugar. It is one of three monosaccharides that are used by the body, but it is the only one that can be used directly to produce ATP. ATP is used by the body for energy; in fact, ATP is the only molecule that can be used for energy. Thus, adequate glucose levels are essential.
During aerobic aspiration, ideally 38 atp can be produced from one molecule of glucose. Figure reference [1] However, due to atp requirements for electrogenic pumps necessary to maintain electrochemical gradients throughout the process, a net total of about 30 atp molecules can be produced from one molecule of glucose during aerobic respiration[2] .